MEET DR. NANCY

Nancy Lee, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California and the author of Don’t Sleep With Him Yet: A Badass Guide to Dating in 10 Empowering Steps. A 2015 Vitals Patients’ Choice award recipient, her engaging approach, incisive insights, and unique blend of clinical and scholarly expertise have not only made her a favorite among patients, but a sought-after speaker as well. Dr. Lee’s practice covers a wide range of behavioral health issues ranging from depression and anxiety to interpersonal relationships, including male/female psychosexual desire and functioning. Dr. Lee is a leading practitioner of cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Outside of the office, Dr. Lee frequently leads student discussion forums and panels covering a broad scope of psychosocial topics such as hookup culture, dating violence, and high-risk drinking, among others, at local colleges and universities, including UCLA. Notably, years before #MeToo, she helped draft and implement campus sexual assault prevention, education, and intervention practices at Claremont McKenna College. Lee also devotes considerable time and expertise to young adults on a one-on-one basis. Additionally, as an advisory board member of Career Up Now, Dr. Lee mentors students and recent graduates (through age twenty-six) of USC, UCLA, and California State University at Northridge (CSUN).

Dr. Lee has been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Toronto Sun, Parade, Oprah magazine, Digital Journal, Bustle, Metro News, Yahoo News, Betches, Tinder.com, TheLily.com, AskMen.com, UpJourney.com, BestLifeOnline.com, MidLifeDivorceRecovery.com, Medium, MindBodyGreen magazine, KNBC, FOX, and KTTV, to name a few. She has also been featured on the Jenny McCarthy Show, KTLA, iHeartRadio, Deborah Kobylt Live, LA Talk Radio, and many more. Her independent research has been published in the prestigious Journal of Affective Disorders and the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Dr. Lee received her doctorate at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas—Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. She is married with two sons.